education

Campus Harm Reduction Fueled by Student Advocacy, Some State Policies

At the University of California, Berkeley, six locations across campus offer students free fentanyl test strips and naloxone. Harm reduction…

February 26, 2026

Many Prisoners Take the GED Test. It’s Hard to Get a Job in Here Without It.

In 2022, Tennessee amended its state constitution to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime. Before this,…

September 4, 2025

The Barriers to Learning to Read in Prison

About 20 years ago, a man I was incarcerated with asked me to help him learn to read. Crane* had…

September 2, 2025

What I Tell My Kids About My History of Drug Use

The most chaotic period of my life was partly captured on film, for a documentary about heroin addiction. This once…

December 18, 2024

Psychedelic Advocates Help Push Back Colorado Social Media Policing Bill

Colorado lawmakers have been working on a bill that psychedelic advocates warn would result in a social media ban on…

May 3, 2024

No Drug Education: The Rise and Fall of DARE

Praised by politicians, parents and presidents, police officers taught DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) to fifth and sixth-grade students in…

May 1, 2024

FL Students Prepare Mass Protest as Schools Hand Over Trans Health Data

On February 23, a student-led walkout will mark the largest protest to date of Florida universities sharing data on trans…

February 22, 2023

Youth Overdose Crisis Swells Because Drug Warriors “Cried Wolf”

Since time immemorial—well, the early 20th century—youth have been inundated with messages about the extreme dangers of drugs. From Reefer…

April 12, 2022

RIP Rod Skager, a Pioneer in Harm Reduction Drug Education

When my children entered adolescence in the 1980s and ‘90s, the War on Drugs was in full swing. “Just Say…

June 10, 2021

Arizona Lawmaker Moves to Censor HIV Education, Trans Identities

In 2019, advocates in Arizona won the struggle to remove explicitly homophobic restrictions on HIV/AIDS education in schools. But two…

February 22, 2021